Even without astronauts, high temperatures and pressures inside spacecraft can wreak havoc on critical components—especially ...

What watch should an astronaut wear? Luxury brand IWC Schaffhausen’s latest watch – the Pilot’s Venturer Vertical Drive – has ...

The Artemis II crew made it safely back to Earth this weekend, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California. Despite a leaky helium valve and a busted toilet, the crew ...

Deep within massive rocky exoplanets, hidden oceans of molten rock may be generating powerful magnetic fields in an ...

Mars may be hostile, but it might not be entirely unlivable. In lab experiments, yeast cells survived simulated Martian shock ...

After a fiery trip through Earth’s atmosphere that lasted nearly 15 minutes, the crew's Orion spacecraft splashed down in the ...

Four astronauts and their Orion space capsule arrive home after record-setting 700,000-mile journey to the moon and back ...

As four astronauts make their fiery plunge through the atmosphere Friday evening, they'll rely on a heat shield with known ...

Concerns arise over NASA's Artemis II mission as a flawed heat shield design sparks debate on astronaut safety. Experts weigh ...

Crew members have left their Orion capsule after splashing down into the Pacific, ending Artemis II’s historic 10-day mission ...

Early forecasts suggest this year may see the strongest El Niño in a decade—bringing with it more extreme weather.

Absorbing the vast majority of the extreme forces during reentry of NASA's Artemis 2 mission is a heat shield that has proven ...